Peanut butter on bumpers

[vit4]

Has anybody tried it?

Read in a few places - including advice from one or two members on here - that it will help bring the original colour back to faded bumpers, because of the oil in it. Can anybody give experience of doing this and whether or not it works please? Before I go out and buy a few jars of peanut butter

[Haytch]

Have also heard this, no first hand experience but make sure its smooth!

[parapaul]

It does work - as does cooking oil, which is somewhat easier to remove again

It's the oil in the butter which does the trick, not specifically to restore plastics back to black, but it works a treat to remove polish and wax smears.

[pacificf1]

Please dont fall for this, unless you like watching birds licking bumpers?

[Lil' Joe]

Custard is the best, trust me. It's the preservative's you see, it helps to 'preserve' the bumpers colour.

Birds is best I find.

[Pigeon]

pacificf1 said:

Please dont fall for this, unless you like watching birds licking bumpers?

[2000 GTV]

Vaseline really helps on a stainless exhaust.

[BelperJim]

Yes it definitely works. Just try it on a small patch first if you don't believe me.

[Steve_F]

Baby oil works too, at least it does on faded/scratched lights.

[hombrepaulo]

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[vit4]

Lil' Joe said:

Custard is the best, trust me. It's the preservative's you see, it helps to 'preserve' the bumpers colour.

Birds is best I find.

Ahh cheers - I'll make sure to photo-document it all and put it in readers' cars shall I?

[munroman]

Some of the VW guys in the States use peanut oil on the exhausts, they recoat them a few times a years and swear that it makes the metal last much longer.

[croyde]

Please don't use the Crunchy stuff though!

[W00DY]

Yes, it works well. I can't think what other reason people are buying the smooth stuff for.

It doesn't give a glossy look and it lasts longer than most normal bumper snot products for a lot less cash.

[Carfeed]

Video showing a guy using peanut butter on car trim here

Trev

[CoolC]

hombrepaulo said:

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This ^^

It's fantastic. Just keep it moving over the bumper and you'll be amazed.

From this:



To this:

[The real Apache]

Anything oily will do from Linseed Oil to Diesel

[S1_RS]

I dont like peanut butter, can I use Marmite instead?

[dave_s13]

CoolC said:

This ^^

It's fantastic. Just keep it moving over the bumper and you'll be amazed.

From this:



To this:

You just washed it, and focused the camera!

Snake oil is what you want

[g3org3y]

Baby oil is good apparently.

In terms of the commercial products, the best I've found so far is Auto Glym's Bumper Care